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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

2019 Emerging Rockets List for Agri-Food

2019 EMERGING ROCKETS AGRI-FOOD LIST




















The 2019 selections for the Agri-Food Emerging Rockets list are as follows:



Ava Technologies

Buddi (Clearleaf Inc)

ClickDishes Inc.

Elevated Signals

Hummingbird Network

Lucent Biosciences

Nutrienvisus Technologies Inc

Peqish Food Company Inc.

Renaissance BioScience Corp.

Skaha Remote Sensing

Spexi Geospatial Inc.

"ThisFish Inc.

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2019 Emerging Rockets List for Digital Health

2019 EMERGING ROCKETS DIGITAL HEALTH LIST




















The 2019 selections for the Digital Health Emerging Rockets list are as follows:


Bio Conscious Tech. INC (DiaBits)

Biointeractive Technologies

CareCru Inc.

Careteam Technologies Inc

Claris Healthcare Inc.

Conquer Experience Inc.

CuePath Innovation Inc.

Curatio

eTreat Medical Diagnostics Inc

Flöka (CalendHer Technologies Corp)

GenXys Health Care Systems

HeadCheck Health

Honeycomb.ai Solutions Inc.

KORE Digital Health Therapeutics Inc.

LifeBooster Inc.

Metabolic Insights Inc

MindfulGarden Digital Health, Inc.

Molecular You Corp.

Navigate Surgical Technologies Inc.

NewPro3D (Forecast Research and Development)

NZ Technologies Inc.

Perfit Dental Solutions Inc.

Plantiga

Precision OS Technology Inc.

Starling Minds

The ALLELES Design Studio

Tickit Health Ltd

ViewsIQ Inc.

Wellin5 Inc.

2019 Ready to Rocket List for Agri-Food

2019 READY TO ROCKET AGRI-FOOD LIST
















The 2019 selections for the Agri-Food Ready to Rocket list are as follows:


Caboo Paper Products

Foodee Media Inc.

Greenlane Biogas North America Ltd.

Semios Bio

Sierra Mountain Minerals Inc (dba Sierrasil Health Inc)

Tantalus Labs

Terramerra

2019 Ready to Rocket List for Digital Health

2019 READY TO ROCKET DIGITAL HEALTH LIST















The 2019 selections for the Digital Health Ready to Rocket list are as follows:

Ayogo Health

Catalyst Healthcare

CoreHealth Technologies

Cronometer Software Inc.

FitPlan

InputHealth

Jane Software Incorporated

MetaOptima Technology Inc.

Phemi Health

Wiivv

2019 Emerging Rockets List for Life Science

2019 EMERGING ROCKETS LIFE SCIENCE LIST




















The 2019 selections for the Life Science Emerging Rockets list are as follows:


Coastal Genomics

Contextual Genomics Inc.

Cyberdontics

Embrace Orthopaedics

Imstar Therapeutics Inc.

Mesentech Inc.

Metabolic Insights Inc

SaNOtize

Sonic Incytes

Zennea Technologies

2019 Ready to Rocket List for Life Science

2019 READY TO ROCKET LIFE SCIENCE LIST

The 2019 selections for the Life Science Ready to Rocket list are as follows:


















Aspect Biosystems Ltd.

Augurex Life Sciences Corp

Clarius Mobile Health Corp.

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Fusion Genomics Corporation

Life360 Innovations Inc.

Microbiome Insights Inc.

Sitka Biopharmas Inc.

Vesalius Cardiovascular Inc.

Zucara Therapeutics

Monday, March 11, 2019

2019 Emerging Rockets List for Cleantech

2019 EMERGING ROCKETS CLEANTECH LIST


The 2019 selections for the CleanTech Emerging Rockets list are as follows:


Acuva Technologies Inc.


AIS Robotics


Anaconda Systems Ltd.


Avestec Technologies Inc


British Columbia Biocarbon Ltd


ELIX Wireless


Flowlink Environmental Inc.


General Fusion Inc.


Hydra Energy


InformedIn Inc.


Intermetallica


Inventys Inc.


Ionomr Innovations Inc.


Loop Energy


Nano-Lit Technologies


Orbitless Drives Inc.


SHM Controls


Switch Materials Inc.


VeloMetro Mobility Inc.


Voltsafe (Lab 498 Products Inc.)

2019 Ready to Rocket List for CleanTech

2019 READY TO ROCKET CLEANTECH LIST
















The 2019 selections for the Ready to Rocket CleanTech list are as follows:


Avalon Battery Corporation

Awesense Wireless Inc.

Axine Water Technologies

Boydel Wastewater Technologies Inc.

CLIR

Cooledge Lighting Inc

CRM GeoTomography Technologies

DarkVision

Ecotagious

Enbala Power Networks Inc.

Etalim Inc.

First Light Technologies Ltd.

HTEC Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation

Kambo Energy Group Inc.

Minesense

Novarc Technologies Inc.

Portable Electric

Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc.

Saltworks Technologies Inc.

2019 Emerging Rockets List for ICT

2019 EMERGING ROCKETS ICT LIST





















The 2019 selections for the ICT Emerging Rockets list are as follows:


A&K Robotics

Active.ly Technologies Inc.

Adacado (One Person Health Inc.)

Advertaze

AMY Lifestyles

BlockAble Inc.

Brewhound

BrickClick Technology Solutions

Capiche

Certn

ClickDishes Inc.

ClickSitter

CloudPBX

Covalent

Crew Driver

Cuboh Software Inc.

DIstill Analytics

Finhaven

GeoSim Cities Inc

GotHire

HockeyData Inc.

Inview

Keela (Networks for Change Inc.)

Limbic Media

Manage Petro

Motive.io

Optigo Networks Inc.

Penny AI Technologies

Perked! Inc.

Plasmatic Technologies Inc.

Playr.gg

Plurilock

QuestUpon

Quupe

Riot Micro

SensoDrive Technology

SkyHive

SportNinja

StoryTap

TeamFit (Nugg Solutions Corp.)

Tonit

Virtro Entertainment Inc

Visualping (WebMonitoring Technologies Inc.)

Vivo Team Development

WalletCard

Xtract

Youneeq (Digital Cavalier Technology Services Inc.)

2019 Ready to Rocket List for ICT

2019 READY TO ROCKET ICT LIST


















The 2019 selections for the ICT Ready to Rocket list are as follows:




Aarcomm Systems Incorporated

Bananatag Systems Inc.

Beanworks Solutions Inc.

Encepta Corp.

Envisio Solutions Inc.

Eventbase Technology Inc.

Finn.ai

Flytographer Enterprises Ltd

Foodee Media Inc.

Freightera

HeroX

Ibbaka

Klue

Lightship Works

Lumen5 Technologies Ltd.

Marine Learning Systems Inc.

MetroQuest (Envision Sustainability Tools Inc.)

Mintent

Navarik Corp.

NiceJob

Oco Labs Inc.

Procurify

Referral SaaSquatch

Retreat Guru

Riipen

Sedna Systems Ltd.

SiteDocs

StreetText

Tasktop Technologies Inc.

Thinkific Labs Inc.

ThoughtExchange (Fulcrum Management Solutions Ltd)

Traction Complete

Traction Guest

TradableBits Media Inc.

Tutela Technologies

Two Hat Security Ltd (Community Sift)

WTFast (AAA Internet Publishing Inc.)

Xencall

Rocket Briefing 2019

2019 Press Release

2019 Ready to Rocket lists Announced to Profile Growth Companies in B.C.’s Technology Sectors

Rocket Builders Names Top Technology Companies To the “Ready to Rocket” lists for 17th Consecutive Year to Highlight Companies with Highest Growth Potential 


VANCOUVER, BC – March 11, 2019


Rocket Builders today released its seventeenth (17th) annual “Ready to Rocket” lists.  These lists profile British Columbia technology companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the technology sector trends that will lead them to faster growth than their peers. Rocket Builders also released results from its 2018 lists, with strong revenue growth across all sectors. As is typical with this list, companies profiled tend to attract investment, partnerships and even get acquired. This year, the two notable acquisitions were the exits by Mazza Innovations and S2G Biochemicals.

The annual 2019 “Ready to Rocket” lists provide accurate predictions of private companies that will likely experience significant growth, venture capital investment or acquisition by a major player in the coming year. This year the lists feature 203 companies across 5 different technology sectors:


  • Information and Communications Technology (ICT)  - 85 companies
  • Cleantech (CT) - 39 companies
  • Life Science (LS) - 20 companies
  • Digital Health (DH) - 39 companies
  • Agri-Food (AF) - 20 companies

The “Ready to Rocket” lists are the only predictive lists of its kind in North America, requiring many months of sector and company analysis. The 2019 Lists feature 85 “Ready to Rocket” technology growth companies and 118 “Emerging Rocket” early stage startups.

“Over the 17 years of the program, the B.C. technology sector has steadily grown each year, and presents a growing challenge to select and identify the most likely to succeed for our Ready to Rocket lists.” said Geoffrey Hansen, Managing Partner at Rocket Builders. “In recent years, a startup economy has blossomed yielding a rich field of companies for our consideration, with over 450 companies reviewed to make our selections of 203 winners. Our Emerging Rocket lists enables us to profile those earlier stage companies that are well positioned for investment.”

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

The 2018 Ready to Rocket list for ICT performed extremely well. The average growth rate on that list was over 40% growth, with 32 companies with double digit growth and 6 exceeding 100% growth. The list as a whole represented the creation of over 400 jobs. 39% of companies on the list received new investment in 2018. The 2018 Ready to Rocket list for ICT features 38 companies and the 2018 Emerging Rocket list for ICT features 47 companies.

"2018 was a great year for ICT in British Columbia as there was significant job creation and many breakthrough companies." said Reg Nordman, Managing Partner at Rocket Builders. "We have great ambitions for the 2019 list as many of the featured companies are maturing to the stage where they are likely to be acquired."

CLEANTECH (CT)
The 2018 Ready to Rocket list for Cleantech performed extremely well.
The majority of companies on the list had in excess of 75% growth,
and the lists together created over 200 jobs in 2018.
The 2019 Ready to Rocket list for Cleantech features 19 companies,
while the Emerging Rocket list features 20 companies.

According to Dave Thomas, Senior Partner at Rocket Builders, “The Cleantech sector in B.C. continues to see growth and diversity with noteworthy examples in waste management and in alternative energy.”

LIFE SCIENCE (LS)

The 2018 Ready to Rocket list for Life Science featured many new i nvestments (70% received new investment) and key milestones. There were over 65 jobs created among companies on the list. The 2019 Ready to Rocket list for Life Science features 10 companies, and the Emerging Rocket list features 10 companies.

DIGITAL HEALTH (DH)

2018 was the second year for the Digital Health sector list, and it continues to show growth. With over 100 jobs created, it was a great year for a developing sector. The earlier stage “Emerging Rockets” are really accelerating, with over 75% of them raising investment last year.
In 2019, a  total of 38 companies are being showcased.

AGRI-FOOD (AF)

2019 is the first year for the Agri-Food sector list -- it is a sector comprised of technology companies in the agriculture and food value chains. This inaugural lists features 20 companies in Agricultural Technology (AgTech), Food Technology (FoodTech) and Cannabis Technology (CannabisTech).

For details on the “Ready to Rocket” lists, please visit http://www.readytorocket.com

Saturday, March 9, 2019

2019 Launch Event on March 11th 2019

After reviewing over 450 nominations, we've built our lists and checked them twice.

The unveiling of the 17th annual "Ready to Rocket" recognition list will occur on March 11th 2019 at 5pm. The event presents the latest industry trends, unveils the lists and offers a quality networking opportunity. We expect the event to sell out, so please reserve your spot.

Click below to get full event details and to get your tickets.

 Launch Event Details and Tickets


Saturday, February 16, 2019

2019 Nominations deadlines extended

The nominations deadlines have been extended from February 15th to the following dates:


  1. General Call for Nominations Deadline: February 21st 2019
  2. NRC, Investor and Sponsor Referral Deadline: February 26th 2019
Here is the link for nominations:

Monday, January 7, 2019

2019 Call for Nominations

Have a "hot" growth company in the technology sector you want the world to hear about? Nominate them to BC's 17th Annual "Ready to Rocket" list.


Rocket Builders is Seeking Nominations for the 2019 "Ready to Rocket" and "Emerging Rockets" Lists. This recognition program will showcase companies in ICT, Digital Health, Life Science and CleanTech sectors and will be presented March 11th 2019. Rocket Builders is joined by CBRE, Garibaldi Capital, Go Recruitment, McMillan LLP, the City of New Westminster and PwC in welcoming new nominations.


BC is home to many of Canada's most exciting technology companies. Rocket Builders has built a unique methodology for analyzing market trends and using this knowledge to predict revenue growth in the coming year. Each year Rocket Builders publishes lists which profile the BC companies that have the greatest potential in the coming year.


The "Ready to Rocket" Lists feature top technology companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the largest growth trends in the technology industry. This upcoming list will be the 17th year of this recognition list. We expect that companies selected to the "Ready to Rocket" list will outperform the economy and represent important trends that are creating rapid revenue growth.


We are seeking nominations for the 2019 "Ready to Rocket" lists that we will present on March 11th 2019. Nomination deadline is February 15th 2019, but submission as soon as possible will allow the selection committee more time to consider your nomination. At the same time we are accepting “Emerging Rockets” nominations for startup companies just entering the market at an early stage.




What are we looking for in "Ready to Rocket" companies?


CleanTech Ready to Rocket List for 2018


To qualify for nomination, a company must be beyond the proof of concept stage - customer validation, scalable demonstration project, and established industry relationships.


The selection committee is looking for companies that have the potential for 50% to 100% growth in the coming year, and are in good position to leverage industry trends or key industry partnerships.


CleanTech includes Renewable Energy (wind power, solar power, biomass, hydropower, biofuels), Green Transportation, Electric Motors, Green Chemistry, Lighting, Environmental Protection (air, water, soil) and any innovation that improves energy efficiency.


Life Sciences Ready to Rocket List for 2019


To qualify, a company must be entering a breakthrough stage in their maturity - customer validation, regulatory approval, and established industry relationships.


The selection committee is looking for early indicators of long-term potential and increasing shareholder value, such as passing key regulatory hurdles and achieving related validation steps.


Life Sciences Technology includes Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Healthcare Information Technology and other innovations improving health.


Digital Health Ready to Rocket List for 2019


To qualify for nomination, a company must have more than $500K in revenue and a growing base of customers.


The selection committee is looking for companies that have the potential for 50% to 100% growth in the coming year, and are in good position to leverage industry trends or key industry partnerships.


Digital health technology is disrupting everything from how patients access and receive healthcare services to how healthcare providers store and share electronic health records to how individuals monitor their health and wellness. Digital Health includes medical health record management, corporate wellness, personal health and wellness applications and wearables.


ICT Ready to Rocket List for 2019


To qualify for nomination, a company must have more than $500K in revenue and a growing base of customers.


The selection committee is looking for companies that have the potential for 50% to 100% growth in the coming year, and are in good position to leverage industry trends or key industry partnerships.


ICT includes Information, Communications, Wireless, New Media and Internet technologies.


Agri-Food Tech Ready to Rocket List for 2019

For 2019 we are pleased to introduce a new list that will profile Agricultural, Food and Cannabis Technologies. To qualify for nomination, a company must have more than $500K in technology product revenue and a growing base of customers.


The selection committee is looking for companies that have the potential for 50% to 100% growth in the coming year, and are in good position to leverage industry trends or key industry partnerships.

Nominations


Nominations can be submitted online at: http://www.readytorocket.com/p/nominations.html


Please nominate a company even if the company is "too early" to qualify as Rocket Builders also recognizes emerging companies. Many promising companies are too early in commercialization, too early in first revenues, or in transition to new markets or business models. Based on the potential of their technology alone, Rocket Builders recognizes their potential in an "Emerging Rockets" list. These companies represent companies to watch over the next few years and are likely to mature into "Ready to Rocket" companies.